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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Apbil 30, 1008. 



THE FLORISTS' REVIEW 



G. L. GRANT, Editor and Manager. 



PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY 



-The FLORISTS' Publishing Co. 



530-560 Caxton BalldInK, 

 834 Dearborn Street, Chicago. 



Telephone, Harrison 5429. 



rbgistbebd cablk address, florvikw, chicago 



New York Office: 



Borough Park Brooklyn, N. Y. 



J. Austin Shaw, Manager. 



Subscription $1.00 a year. To Canada, $2.00. 

 To Europe, $2.60. Subscriptions accepted only 

 from those in the trade. 



Advertising rates quoted upon retnrest. Only 

 strictly trade advertising accepted. 



Advertisements must reach us by Wednesday 

 moriung to insure insertion in the issue oT the 

 following day, and earlier will be better. 



ioSP*®J?? ** ^^^^2,"^ class matter December 3, 



Pr^XsSSiaOon."'"'"^^' ""^ *^" Chicago Trade 



TSDJX. TO ASVEBTISsIbS. PASS 78. 



CONTENTS. 



The Retail Florist q 



— An Orchid Bouquet (lUus.) ! ! ! ." o 



~ ^® ^■■*''«''""*<1'8 Straw Hat ] a 



— The Artistic In a Store... ^, o 



Double Valley ^. . ^ f 



Lobelia Kathleen Mallard.!.' 1 



Uptown Store of Charles H. Fox (iil'uV. ) ! " " ' 4 



A Rare Agave Z 



To Rid Greenhouse of Moles! !!!!!!!! k 



Lllium Phlllppense ... 2 



Floral Fountain (Hlus.). S 



Seasonable SuRgestlous ! ' « 



— Show Pelargoniums « 



— Primulas 2 



— Planting Evergreens ..!!!!'"' « 



— Sowing Outdoor Annuals... a 



— Compost Piles 2 



— Brief Reminders ! ! S 



Plumosus with Other Crops ! 7 



Campanulas (Illus.) 7 



The Death Roll !!!!!! " a 



— Edward Iloy t ! ! ! o 



Roses— Ants on Roses. ..!.!!!! " ' ' o 



— Rose for Name o 



— Grafted Stock ' " ' 2 



Soil and the Florist ! o 



Carnations ■"■ jj 



— Carnation Notes — West !!!!!!!!!!!!! 10 



— Rats In Carnation House ! in 



Cement Benches (Illus.) lY 



Use of Anesthetics , 11 



Th^ Little Things Ji 



Society of American Florists..!!!!! 12 



Crop Prospects \% 



Chicago \i 



Alvln. Tex !!! \% 



St. Louis ift 



Boston i? 



St. Paul !!!! Jg 



Rambling Jottings ! in 



Buffalo : ...!!!!!!!!'■ in 



New York "•' oa 



Philadelphia 5i 



Cleveland !!!!!!! 26 



Amherst. Mass !!!!! 26 



A Traveler's Notes 28 



Hartford, Conn. 28 



Seed Trade News !..!!!! 30 



— Erfurt Seed Trade !!!!!"*" 30 



— Imports 32 



— To Regulate Insecticides.!!!!!!!!!!!!!"! .S2 



— The Mann Bill 32 



— Peculiar Case with Peas ! ! ! ! ! 33 



— Lawn Sand . 33 



— Sweet Peas In England ! ! ! 34 



Nashville, Tenn 34 



Missoula, Mont !!!!!! 35 



Omaha ! ! ' ! " .I."? 



Vegetable Forcing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !ie 



— Greenhouse Vegetables .36 



— Fighting Red Spider m 



— Kohlrabi ^ 38 



Wayside Notes ' sg 



Pacific Coast !.!!!!! 42 



— Portland, Ore ! ! ! ! 42 



— San Francisco ! ! ! ! ! 42 



Washington 43 



Steamer Sailings 44 



Nursery News 46 



— Reappralsements 46 



— Evergreen Seedlings 46 



— Thnrlow's Choice 48 



Detroit 60 



Cincinnati ! ! ! ! ! 62 



Toronto 54 



Mon f real 65 



Baltimore 66 



Columbus, Ohio 68 



Pittsburg 60 



Brockton. Mass 60 



Greenhouse Heating 72 



— Piping In New Jersey 72 



— Piping In Kansas 72 



lonla. Mich 74 



Denver 76 



is printed Wednesday evening; and 

 mailed early Thttrsday mominsf. It 

 is earnestly requested tlut all adver- 

 tisers and correspondents mail their 

 **copy** to reach us by Monday or 

 Tuesday at latest, instead of Wed- 

 nesday morning, as many have done 

 in the past. 





SOCIETY OF AMEBICAN FLORISTS. 



Incorporated by Act of Congress March 4, '01 

 Officers for 1908: President, F. H. Traendly, 

 New York; vice-president, George W. McClure, 

 Buffalo: secretary pro tem., WilUs" n! Rudd, 

 Morgan Park, 111.; treasurer, H. B. Beatty 

 Pittsburg. 



to^""m< ^°°^^""°°' Niagara Falls, August 18 



First National Flower Show, Chicago, Novem- 



^Llrman: ^^' ^**V "^^ ^- ^*^^*°«' ^"'^'''«' 



Results bring advertising. 

 The Beview brings results. 



E. G. Hill has been invited to visit 

 France this season aa judge at the na- 

 tional rose show. 



The Society of American Florists 

 sends out a neatly printed announcement 

 of the national flower show, together 

 with a cordial individual invitation to 

 exhibitors. 



It has been decided in the United 

 States circuit court that it is illegal for 

 the express companies to issue franks for 

 the transportation of merchandise in in- 

 terstate commerce. 



Secretary Fbaser, of the Chrysanthe- 

 mum Society of America, has issued in 

 pamphlet form the proceedings of the 

 society at its sixth annual convention, 

 held at New York last November. The 

 pamphlet also includes a list of the varie- 

 ties disseminated in 1907 and a list of 

 the members of the society. 



THE UTTLE THINGS. 



The Review constantly is pointing out 

 to advertisers and others the necessity 

 for prompt attention to the small de- 

 tails of business. When an order is re- 

 ceived it should be promptly acknowl- 

 edged. If the stock is not on hand for 

 immediate shipment, information should 

 be given when shipment will be made. 

 In case an order cannot be filled with 

 promptness, the money should be prompt- 

 ly returned. No buyer, whether he has 

 answered an advertisement or whether 

 the order has come through some other 

 source, wishes to be left in uncertainty 

 as to when he is to receive the stock 

 ordered; he is entitled to a chance to 

 order elsewhere if prompt delivery can- 

 not be made. 



As bearing on the carelessness dis- 

 played by some wholesale florists. Hall 

 & Robinson, Montreal, write: "We 

 sent an express money order for $25, pay- 

 able at par in the florist's town, asking 

 him to ship plants promptly. Not re- 

 ceiving invoices, etc., as soon as we 

 thought we should, we wrote again, and 

 that time received a prompt reply that 

 he was out of stock and he returned his 



personal check for the amount, on which 

 we had to pay 25 cents exchange! We 

 called his attention to it and in justice 

 to him we must say that he sent us 25 

 cents in stamps (United States stamps 

 — we are in Canada). Now, why did he 

 not say at once he was put of stock and 

 return the money order! There is no 

 question that he is perfectly honest, but 

 he is mighty negligent in small mat- 

 ters." 



There is an old saying, "Take care of 

 the pennies and the dollars will take care 

 of themselves." It applies with equal 

 force to the details of doing business; 

 take care of the little things and the big 

 ones will take care of themselves. It is 

 neglect of the little things that causes 

 the greater part of the friction and loss 

 in business. 



SOOETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Registration of Sweet Peas. 



The names of the following winter 

 flowering sweet peas are submitted for 

 registration by Ant. C. Zvolanek, Bound 

 Brook, N. J. Any persons objecting to 

 these registrations, or knowing of any 

 reasons why they should not be made, 

 are requested to communicate with the 

 undersigned at once. Failing to receive 

 any such communications within twenty 

 days from this date (May 1), the regis- 

 trations will be completed. 



Greenbrook, seedling from Mrs. Geo. 

 Lewis X unnamed seedling, height over 

 six feet, flower white, standard slightly 

 lilac, very large, orchid flowering up to 

 four flowers to a stem, stems average 

 eighteen inches. 



Blue Bird, seedling from Walter 

 Wright X Wallace, height over six feet, 

 flowers blue, bearing up to four flowers 

 on 20-inch stems, standard wavy. 



Governor John !Pranklin Ford, seed- 

 ling of Mrs. Wm, Sim x Spencer seed- 

 ling, height over six feet, foliage narrow, 

 flower pink, when fully open changing 

 to salmon pink, standard wavy, produc- 

 ing up to four flowers on 20-inch stems. 



Notice of Withdrawal of Registry. 



Learning that the name Mavoumeen 

 had previously been applied to a rose, 

 Alexander Montgomery, of Natick, 

 Mass., Mithdraws the name Mavoumeen 

 and desires that the name White Killar- 

 ney shall stand as previously registered. 

 W. N. Rudd, Sec'y. 



CROP PROSPECTS. 



Crop accounts^ from all sections of the 

 country are, as a rule, favorable. The 

 regular weekly returns to Bradstreet's 

 indicate that except in Texas and parte^^ 

 of Arkansas crop conditions the countr} 

 over could hardly be better at this earlv 

 stage of the season. Winter wheat i^ 

 in fine shape. Rains in Kansas, Nebras 

 ka, California and the Pacific northwes' 

 have put the crop in splendid condition 

 Spring wheat seeding is about finished 

 with a larger area indicated. Oats seed 

 ing is finished and the crop looks well 

 The ground is in fine condition for con 

 plowing and planting. Too much rain ii 

 Texas has flooded low lands, killed somi 

 corn and will necessitate much replantinj. 

 of cotton, but the season is still early 

 In the Mississippi valley all crops are ii 

 good shape. An increased area in cottoi 

 is indicated in- Arkansas, Alabama am 

 Georgia. Fruit and vegetable crop re 

 ports are good the country over. A largt 

 southern peach crop is indicated at th< 

 present writing. 



